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Mon Mar 10, 2008 6:19 pm

What's the most unusual engine swap any of you have seen for an E30? Anyone got any plans to put any non-BMW motors in their cars?
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Mon Mar 10, 2008 6:30 pm

I heard some sick perverted deviant once put a cossie engine in a e30 - and its awesome!

Also Alfa V6, and some other ford turd posted the other day on another thread, pinto iirc.
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Mon Mar 10, 2008 6:32 pm

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Mon Mar 10, 2008 6:37 pm

christ alive!!
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Mon Mar 10, 2008 6:46 pm

Someone on a forum over in the land of down under (New Zealand...) apparently is putting a RB26 from a Skyline GTR in theirs :mad:
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Mon Mar 10, 2008 6:55 pm

march109 wrote:I heard some sick perverted deviant once put a cossie engine in a e30 - and its awesome!
what sort of freak would desecrate a bmw with that sort of sh1te? 8O
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Mon Mar 10, 2008 7:06 pm

one of the boys on here has a skiline motor in his.
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Mon Mar 10, 2008 8:50 pm

Fix Or Repair Daily engine with a hair dryer in a beloved E30 lol what ever next!
bet it goes like shite off a shovel though :D
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Mon Mar 10, 2008 9:13 pm

This would make for an interesting conversion :) http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/AUDI-RS4-COMPLETE ... 0222780592
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Mon Mar 10, 2008 10:02 pm

Ive got a Lexus V8 in mine that's pretty unusual
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Mon Mar 10, 2008 10:09 pm

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Marcos-Ford-4-cam ... dZViewItem

If money were no object, and if it would fit ( :? )...
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Mon Mar 10, 2008 10:11 pm

I still have back-burner plans to put an Audi 5 cylinder turbo engine into an E30 at some point.
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Mon Mar 10, 2008 11:15 pm

I have a S2000 honda engine in mine, just finishing the wiring and plumbing now.
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Mon Mar 10, 2008 11:20 pm

GrindCulture wrote:Image

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MORE INFO!
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Tue Mar 11, 2008 12:31 am

I have no idea about it, I just saw it on the Pod slide show thingy on You tube. All I know is a) it's a purpose built racer, no idea what class it runs in etc. and b) it's got "375" on the back :cool:
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pc_5K0yTH_4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTaESptm ... re=related

Here it is in action! My guess is it runs in Pro Modified.

EDIT: It's a Super-Comp car.
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Shiii... I luv it...
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Tue Mar 11, 2008 1:17 am

Ray268 wrote:I have a S2000 honda engine in mine, just finishing the wiring and plumbing now.
Regards
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Mmmmmm perfect blend of car and engine! let us know how it gets on :)

SR20DET from a 200 sx turbo is a nice swap too
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Tue Mar 11, 2008 1:27 am

agent006 wrote:I still have back-burner plans to put an Audi 5 cylinder turbo engine into an E30 at some point.
Best idea i have heard on this forum for months. Hero :cool:
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Tue Mar 11, 2008 9:23 am

Dan318-is wrote:
agent006 wrote:I still have back-burner plans to put an Audi 5 cylinder turbo engine into an E30 at some point.
Best idea i have heard on this forum for months. Hero :cool:
That engine would be awsome in an M3, and you would have the arches to match!

SUPER :cool:
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Tue Mar 11, 2008 9:28 am

Someone really should put a SAAB 2.3 turbo lump in e30 - now that would be unusual and piss off the traditionalists more than Fozzy's Ford lump :D
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Tue Mar 11, 2008 11:41 am

I've seriously considered it for my E21. Apparently around 1993, they bolt up to the GM RWD gearboxes...
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Tue Mar 11, 2008 11:52 am

rob0r wrote:I've seriously considered it for my E21. Apparently around 1993, they bolt up to the GM RWD gearboxes...
Go on, you know you want to! :poke:

A few weeks ago I drove a SAAB 9000 2.3FPT auto... my goodnes that thing shifts and it had 3 passengers. The e21 would FLY with that engine!
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Tue Mar 11, 2008 1:33 pm

Hands up, who here has been reading PPC?? :lol:
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Tue Mar 11, 2008 1:47 pm

jmc330i wrote:Hands up, who here has been reading PPC?? :lol:
Guilty as charger Your Honour.

The gearbox compatibility has been mentioned there quite a few times in different issues.
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Tue Mar 11, 2008 2:35 pm

Ray268 wrote:I have a S2000 honda engine in mine, just finishing the wiring and plumbing now.
Regards
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Tue Mar 11, 2008 4:02 pm

casper8r wrote:
jmc330i wrote:Hands up, who here has been reading PPC?? :lol:
Guilty as charger Your Honour.

The gearbox compatibility has been mentioned there quite a few times in different issues.
me too :) even made me think about an omega with a saab lump ;)
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Tue Mar 11, 2008 8:57 pm

Ray268 wrote:I have a S2000 honda engine in mine, just finishing the wiring and plumbing now.
Regards
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there was a zoner in contact with me a couple of years ago when i first joined up on here who was also doing that conversion. i cant remember his name and i dont know if he ever finished it :?
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Tue Mar 11, 2008 9:56 pm

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Good grief ! I like old Ford's but surely thats a backwards step ! :?

A nicely sorted BMW six cyl motor is a much nicer drive than any pinto....
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Tue Mar 11, 2008 9:58 pm

capri_rob wrote: A nicely sorted BMW six cyl motor is a much nicer drive than any pinto....
Pah! A nice Ford lump is a much better, indeed foolproof way of getting a nice customized member description unlike the rest of us newbies etc
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casper8r wrote:
capri_rob wrote: A nicely sorted BMW six cyl motor is a much nicer drive than any pinto....
Pah! A nice Ford lump is a much better, indeed foolproof way of getting a nice customized member description unlike the rest of us newbies etc
i dont know what you mean? winkeye
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Tue Mar 11, 2008 10:07 pm

casper8r wrote:
capri_rob wrote: A nicely sorted BMW six cyl motor is a much nicer drive than any pinto....
Pah! A nice Ford lump is a much better, indeed foolproof way of getting a nice customized member description unlike the rest of us newbies etc
lol - I have had this "member description" on ebay and various other sites for many Years....like I said I like old Fords but BMW build better engines......My old 325i would have wiped the floor with my 2.8i Capri...
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fuzzy wrote:
casper8r wrote:
capri_rob wrote: A nicely sorted BMW six cyl motor is a much nicer drive than any pinto....
Pah! A nice Ford lump is a much better, indeed foolproof way of getting a nice customized member description unlike the rest of us newbies etc
i dont know what you mean? winkeye
Cosworths are different.....in a rip out your eyeballs kinda way......
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